Dozens of women from the Marshall Islands are traveling to the U.S. every year to adopt out their babies to U.S. families despite government efforts to crack down on this unique baby pipeline. We examine the people and practices that are continuing to perpetuate the problem.

University of Hawaii researchers tracked dozens of hungry tiger
sharks to a remote atoll in the Papahanaumokuakea Marine
National Monument this summer. Civil Beat photojournalist Alana
Eagle documents the expedition in this multimedia special report.

A Civil Beat Investigation: In Hawaii’s workers’ comp system, people with long-lasting injuries are often forced to battle doctors hand-picked by insurance companies to get treatment and disability payments.

Lauren Moriguchi

Lauren Moriguchi is the director of the Executive Office on Early Learning, and has worked in education for nearly 20 years. She has served as a special educator, mentor teacher, resource teacher, preschool teacher and an educational specialist. Her areas of study include child, family and consumer sciences with an emphasis on early childhood.

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